Praying...

I pray for my boys daily but the other night I realized that I rarely pray over them. So, I thought why not do it now. I took that opportunity to pray over each of them. I prayed for guidance, patience, their faith, future wives, health and anything else you can think of. I want to make this a reoccurring thing.

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:6-7).

Homeschooling

I've struggled with the decision to home school or not to home school this past year. I would pray every night for God to show me what I needed to do. Around February Connor started showing signs of anxiety when I would drop him off at preschool. He was nervous doing his school work and he didn't want to stay at preschool. He loved his teacher and all the kids in his class but I just knew something was wrong. I asked him every day if a kid was making fun of him or what was happening at school to make him so nervous. Dropping him off at school broke my heart. There were some days I would get back in my car and just cry because my baby was hurting and I didn't know how to help him. Thank God for a friend that has a daughter with anxiety, she helped me through those moments more than she will ever know. Trust me, I got advice from people who had no clue what they were talking about..."just whoop it out'em" has to be my favorite. Seriously, I bit my tongue and walked away after that one.
The homeschooling material arrived today and we will start school next week. Connor was so excited! I hope to blog my homeschooling journey because there are so many misconceptions about homeschooling. With this said...let the journey begin! :)

Where have I been????

Hello everyone, I know it's been a long time since I've blogged but with the world of facebook, who needs to blog? I've missed blogging and decided it was something I needed to do again. So, let me fill you in on what's been going on in our lives.

After a year long wait we opened up a Sears Hometown Store in Jan. 2010. My husband has always wanted to own a business and God opened up the right doors which allowed him to do just that. We have been in business for 7 months and he loves every minute of it. We have two of the best guys working with us, I feel like we have our own little Sears family. God has blessed us so much with everything and we just want to have a business that glorifies Him!

Christmas with Pawpaw and Nana

The presents at Pawpaw and Nana's house.


Playing with his Karaoke machine Uncle Boo and Ms. Robin got him.


Leaving cookies and milk for Santa.

Christmas morning at Pawpaw and Nana's house.

My boys were sleeping GOOD!!!

Looking at everything Santa brought.

Colby taking his lion out for a drive.


Eating Nana pancakes and loving it!!!

Opening presents at Nene Penfield's house

Connor opening Slinky Dog.

Colby Standing Up

9 and 10 Months Old

I can't seem to get these blogs done for some reason but I'm going to catch up before I forget. All of Colby's milestones for 9 months:

• Getting more and more vocal
• I left him for the first time ever!!! We went to Vegas for a week without ours kids. It was really scary b/c we tried letting him stay the night with Noni and Papa twice before we left and one of those nights they brought him back to us b/c he would not stop crying.
• Eats everything you put in his mouth and stuff he finds on the floor!!
• Loved Christmas
• Loves playing with all of his toys
• Brought in the New Year at the annual party at Aunt Bibi and Uncle BryBry's house
• Took his first Santa pictures at Cowens
  

I really should keep up with this stuff b/c I know I'm forgetting stuff.

Colby's 10 month milestones:

• Standing up in the middle of the floor
• Loved going down the slide at the park
• Started dancing when music comes on
• Started waving bye bye
• Loves eating still...as long as it is not baby food
• Follows me everywhere I go
• Loves playing with his brother
• Getting another bottom tooth
• Loves to snuggle when he is sleeping
• Loves taking a bath with his brother

Play Group

I've been thinking about starting play group back for a while now but I keep telling myself I don't have time to be in charge of that. So here I am throwing out the question to everyone. Would anyone be interested in coming to play group? I'm thinking once a month for now. I know we can go to Tiny Town on Tuesdays in the morning and maybe we could do lunch afterwards. I was just curious if anyone would even be interested. I know I can commit to once a month, can you?

And the winner is...

ME!!!!!! I am the winner of a brand new HE washer and dryer. I tried to wait until they came in to make the big announcement but I can't stand it anymore. We went to a Sears Hometown Celebration in Las Vegas and I won the grand prize. I was so excited and so shocked, I never win anything. They should be here in the next week. YAY The guy from LG told me this will cut my washing time in half. The link is the exact one I will get. As soon as I get them set up I will take pics and let you know how long it takes me to do laundry. :)

Save the Date

Ladies mark your calendars...Women of Faith will be in Shreveport, LA on March 27-28. Click here to check it out http://www.womenoffaith.com/shreveport/
I know I will be there, will you?

Prayer Needed

Okay...this may sound really silly to some people but I really need some prayer on Saturday. I'm leaving to go to Vegas for a week and I have to leave my babies here with their grandparents. I know they are in good hands and will be taken care of but I've never left my babies for this long. I'm sure there will be a few tears involved but I will try not to cry in front of them. Connor is not really sure what is happening yet but he will figure it out on Saturday. If you can just say a little prayer this week for our family I would really appreciate it. Happy New Year!!!!

Preschool Fun

Fall Feast

I made Connor's class turkey leg hats for the feast. Gotta love Family Fun magazine.


Connor enjoying the feast.



He loved eating the corn and grapes.

Eating the cool whip off the pie.

Turkey cupcakes I made for his class. They didn't turn out just the way I wanted but they were cute.

Riding Horses

Rachel riding Madonna


Connor and Rachel riding Madonna


Connor riding by himself with Uncle Boo and Mrs. Robin close by


Rachel and Connor again with Mrs. Robin


I even decided to take a little ride. It was a very short ride.

We had a great time riding horses with Mrs. Robin and Uncle Boo. She has some beautiful land and horses. Connor can't wait to go riding again.

8 Months Old

Colby is 8 months old now and is doing more and more every day. Here a few milestones:

• army crawls (really fast)
• says mamamamama
• gives sugar with his mouth wide open
• will crawl on his hands and knees also
• ate his first Nana pancake and loved it
• plays cars with his brother
• still hates baby food
• pulls up on everything
• will stand up in the middle of the floor with his hands still on the floor
• crys when he doesn't see his mommy (attachment issues)

These are just a few things he has started doing. Here a few pictures of him at 8 months.

Playing at Pawpaw and Nana's house





His first pancake


Eating his first pancake

Fall Festival

Buzz Lightyear and Mickey Mouse (I know...they are so cute)


Lily being the cutest little pink bunny I've ever seen. (since Lisa never blogs)


Connor with his girlfriend Lauren, that he will not talk to but always talk about.


Colby enjoying a nice nap on his Uncle Keith.



Colby eating his first sucker.

Papa Simpson's Farm

The Tuesday before Halloween Connor's preschool class went to Papa Simpson's Farm. It was so nice out there and the kids loved it. Here a few pics from that day:

Showing the pig to his little brother

Milking a cow

Posing with Nana and Colby

Connor's preschool class

Pumpkin Time

Okay...I'm going to play catch up. This is how we decided to carve our pumpkins this year. Yes, we cheated and it was really fun and EASY.

I'm TIRED...not hungry

Tales from Preschool

I saw Mrs. Amanda the other day and she told me Connor would not listen to her the other day and this is how the conversation went.

Mrs Amanda: Connor you are not being a good listener today, do you have dirt in your ears?
Connor: No, Ma'am I had a squirrel in my ear and I already went to the doctor for it. (there is a story behind this)
A few weeks after Colby was born we went to see Horton Hears a Who and all the way home from the Boardwalk he cried b/c he had a squirrel in his ear. So, I took him to the doctor and sure enough he had an ear infection.

Connor loves preschool and he loves Mrs. Amanda. Everyday he comes home and tells me all about his day and who got in trouble. He will name everyone in his class and tell us all about them. There is one girl in Mrs. Lisa's class that he calls that bad girl. LOL Who knows what she does.

Wordless Wednesday